Limited Series

‘Big Brother’: Vanessa Rousso back on top as predicted winner of #BB17

The last couple months of “Big Brother” have been a flip-flop battle for first place on our winner’s chart between poker player Vanessa Rousso and rock star dentist John McGuire. As of Week 10, Vanessa seems to be holding the royal flush as she’s back on top by a fairly large margin (see chart above). Do you agree or disagree with our rankings? Hurry – make your “Big Brother” predictions for a chance to win our $100 Amazon gift certificate. It’s fun and easy, so start now by scrolling down to predict who will be evicted Thursday night.

According to exclusive Gold Derby odds that are derived from predictions made by users like you, Vanessa now has leading 37% support to win while John has 21% of the vote. When those numbers are translated into racetrack odds, Vanessa towers over her competitors with 17/10 odds, compared to John’s 4/1 odds.

Following these two frontrunners, twin supreme Liz Nolan is our users’ third-place pick to win with 14% (6/1 odds), Veto winner James Huling has the support of 11% of our users (8/1 odds) and self-described nerd Steve Moses has 5% support (20/1 odds).

Check out the overall Season 17 leaderboard to the right. Currently our #1 “Big Brother” predictor is Frederic Lam with overall 90% accuracy and 204,029 points, but there are still many weeks left to play in our contest and be eligible to win our weekly and overall season prizes. See our contest rules.

After logging in, click on the “Predictions” button found at the top-right of every page. That will bring you to a list of every event currently being predicted at Gold Derby — everything from the Emmys and Oscars to “The Amazing Race” and “Survivor.”

Click on any box and then scroll down to start making your predictions. For each TV show, cast your votes on several different questions relating to the upcoming episode. If you click on the “Big Brother” button, you’ll see something like this:

To vote for who you think will be eliminated next, drag your chosen contestant over from the left to the right. Every time someone logs their predictions, the racetrack odds of the contestants are automatically updated.

If the majority of users think Meg will go home, that means she’ll have the best odds and will go to the front of the pack. Conversely, the contestants who don’t receive many predictions have the worst odds and will go to the bottom of the pile.

Remember that coming out on top doesn’t just mean answering that week’s questions correctly. You also have to use your three big bets (500 points and two of 200 points) strategically to score the most game points. If you bet on a longshot who pulls off an upset, you can really rack up the points, so don’t take them for granted.

Average Gold Derby users just like YOU often turn out to be our smartest prognosticators, so it’s important that you give us your predictions. You can continue to update and change your predictions throughout the week, just click “Save Predictions” when you’ve settled on your choice.

Get started by making your prediction as to which houseguest will be eliminated next. And be sure to sound off on the current season of “Big Brother” in Gold Derby’s reality TV forum.